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As 2024 comes to an end, we want to thank you, our listeners! We asked you to send us your burning questions about the industry, and you delivered – from around the world.

As 2024 comes to an end, we want to thank you, our listeners! We asked you to send us your burning questions about the industry, and you delivered – from around the world.

from The Business

Film reviews: ‘A Complete Unknown,’ ‘Babygirl, ‘Nosferatu’

Critics review the latest film releases: “A Complete Unknown,” “Babygirl,” “Nosferatu,” and “Better Man.”

Good Food's favorite cookbooks of 2024

From easy, creative meals to the science of flavor to the best baking, these cookbooks cover a diverse array of topics — and they make great gifts.

Winter wisdom: Katherine May on grief, loss, and the power of celebration

Writer and author Katherine May shares her love for winter, and explains why it is time for both joy and sadness.

The Japanese art of happiness: From ikigai, to ritual, to embracing old age

Traveler and author Pico Iyer explains what makes Japan so unique and why he’s made it his home.

Music has benefits that relate hope and social connections

from Second Opinion

Actor Jovan Adepo discusses his deep connection to John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman's 1963 lyric version of "Lush Life.”

from The Treatment

Emmy and Oscar-winner Kate Winslet joins for a long conversation about her Lee Miller biopic, portraying PTSD, and continuing to challenge herself as an actor.

from The Treatment

In her latest docuseries, Pati Jinich showcases the politics, culture, and cuisine of the US/Mexico borderlands.

from Good Food

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This season on Lost Notes: Groupies. Women of the Sunset Strip from the Pill to Punk.

Lost Notes

This season on Lost Notes: Groupies. Women of the Sunset Strip from the Pill to Punk.

 Are your friends sick of hearing about your latest hookups and troublesome relationships? We’re not. KCRW is here to ask, How’s Your Sex Life?

How’s Your Sex Life?

Are your friends sick of hearing about your latest hookups and troublesome relationships? We’re not. KCRW is here to ask, How’s Your Sex Life?

 Evan Kleiman explores current events, social phenomena, history and culture through the lens of food.

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Evan Kleiman explores current events, social phenomena, history and culture through the lens of food.

 In-depth interviews with the most innovative & influential people in entertainment, art, and pop culture. Hosted by film critic Elvis Mitchell, at KCRW.com.

The Treatment

In-depth interviews with the most innovative & influential people in entertainment, art, and pop culture. Hosted by film critic Elvis Mitchell, at KCRW.com.

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Franco-Palestinian chef Fadi Kattan is on a mission to document and share Palestinian foods, traditions, and the work of home cooks.

Palestinian chef Fadi Kattan dreams of a world where he can share his food with everyone

Franco-Palestinian chef Fadi Kattan is on a mission to document and share Palestinian foods, traditions, and the work of home cooks.

from Good Food

Nicola Twilley takes a cold plunge into the history of refrigeration.

How refrigeration changed the way we eat

Nicola Twilley takes a cold plunge into the history of refrigeration.

from Good Food

Filmmaker Peter Byck casts a lens on the maverick farmers and scientists working to solve the climate crisis.

In 'Roots So Deep,' adaptive and traditional farmers work together, taking their lead from nature

Filmmaker Peter Byck casts a lens on the maverick farmers and scientists working to solve the climate crisis.

from Good Food

The latest film releases include A Complete Unknown, Babygirl, Nosferatu, and Better Man.

Film reviews: ‘A Complete Unknown,’ ‘Babygirl, ‘Nosferatu’

The latest film releases include A Complete Unknown, Babygirl, Nosferatu, and Better Man.

from Weekend Film Reviews

George Frideric Handel wrote the music for “Messiah” during political and social unrest. Charles Jennens put together the text when experiencing deep despair.

Encore: Handel’s ‘Messiah’ raises foundational questions of being human

George Frideric Handel wrote the music for “Messiah” during political and social unrest. Charles Jennens put together the text when experiencing deep despair.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Julia Louis-Dreyfus became a star when Seinfeld introduced her character Elaine to the world. Then her role as a fictional vice president in the satire Veep earned six Emmys.

Encore: Julia Louis-Dreyfus on coping with grief, refusing to be ignored

Julia Louis-Dreyfus became a star when Seinfeld introduced her character Elaine to the world. Then her role as a fictional vice president in the satire Veep earned six Emmys.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Oscar winner Morgan Neville goes behind the scenes of directing a LEGO movie that chronicles Pharrell’s musical journey from discovery to stardom.

Encore: Capturing Pharrell’s life in LEGOS

Oscar winner Morgan Neville goes behind the scenes of directing a LEGO movie that chronicles Pharrell’s musical journey from discovery to stardom.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Point Fermin Lighthouse in San Pedro celebrates its 150th birthday this year. Its storied history includes two sets of female lighthouse keepers.

Two sisters kept LA’s lighthouse beaming – 150 years ago

Point Fermin Lighthouse in San Pedro celebrates its 150th birthday this year. Its storied history includes two sets of female lighthouse keepers.

from KCRW Features

Rickey Henderson played for four California teams, and was the all-time leader in stolen bases, runs, and swagger. He passed away due to complications from pneumonia on Friday.

Baseball’s ‘Man of Steal’ Rickey Henderson dies at 65

Rickey Henderson played for four California teams, and was the all-time leader in stolen bases, runs, and swagger. He passed away due to complications from pneumonia on Friday.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

The world of 1970s Laurel Canyon is on full display in Ginny Winn’s book, “Grievous Angels, Trout Masks, and American Beauties: 1970s Rock & Roll Photography of Ginny Winn.”

Encore: What it was like being a rock and roll photographer in 1970s LA

The world of 1970s Laurel Canyon is on full display in Ginny Winn’s book, “Grievous Angels, Trout Masks, and American Beauties: 1970s Rock & Roll Photography of Ginny Winn.”

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Fluoride has proven so successful that it would be crazy to deprive children of its benefits

A tale of two kingdoms

Fluoride has proven so successful that it would be crazy to deprive children of its benefits

from Second Opinion

Author Carrie Courogen discusses her admiration for Aimee Mann's album, “Bachelor No. 2 or, the Last Remains of the Dodo”.

How Aimee Mann’s unrelentingly honest music was the perfect album for Carrie Courogen

Author Carrie Courogen discusses her admiration for Aimee Mann's album, “Bachelor No. 2 or, the Last Remains of the Dodo”.

from The Treatment

The veteran DP tries his hand at directing in the film adaptation of the 1955 novel by Juan Rulfo.

Cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto on his directorial debut, ‘Pedro Páramo’

The veteran DP tries his hand at directing in the film adaptation of the 1955 novel by Juan Rulfo.

from The Treatment

Domingo is up for a Golden Globe for his role as Divine G, an inmate serving time for a crime he didn’t commit and who finds new purpose in a prison theater group.

Colman Domingo on ‘Sing Sing’ and masculine vulnerability

Domingo is up for a Golden Globe for his role as Divine G, an inmate serving time for a crime he didn’t commit and who finds new purpose in a prison theater group.

from The Treatment